Mark Guibert Quotations

It gives people back time. People like to be in the communications loop. It gives them a sense of being in control of their life.

I think most enterprise customers will continue to want a lot more today than can be accomplished through a service pack for wireless e-mail. We launched enterprise-grade wireless e-mail seven years ago, but we've continued to raise the bar for wireless e-mail since and our market is also about much more than wireless e-mail today.

As NTP knows, RIM and NTP had been communicating with each other through the court-appointed mediator during the last several days.

NTP obviously wants to fight through the media, but RIM has made every effort to demonstrate respect for the legal system and to comply with the court-ordered confidentiality restrictions in this case.

NTP has been improperly attempting to slow down the anticipated rejections from the patent office, even going so far as to recently attempt to bog down the patent office with a highly unusual request to process filings for over 30,000 new patent claims.

Instant messaging and local content are two increasingly important areas of focus for mobile applications.

We have strong legal grounds and solid contingency plans, so I feel fine.

To be clear, RIM doesn't believe an injunction is appropriate.

Of course, any product can be overused ... so people should listen to their own bodies and adjust their routine if necessary. But I would caution against confusing rare examples of overuse with the typical experience.

RIM has consistently acknowledged that Supreme Court review is granted in only a small percentage of cases and we were not banking on Supreme Court review.